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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]SAHMs:

We know what the value is for a SAHM because there is a market for the replacement of them - nannys.

You can have an experienced live in nanny for $40-50k.  Housekeeper once a week for another $7500 per year.

So SAHM: your value to the household is around $60k MAX.

So please please please stop acting like its the "hardest job in the world" or that the value is some incalculably high number, it just isnt.

and btw folks, just because you are married doesn't mean everything has to be shared 100%.  my wife and I keep separate bank accounts.  we receive our paychecks and then contribute a fixed amount to the joint account.  we retain the rest for use as we see fit.

I make 3:1 so naturally I get to retain a lot more.

We contribute 50/50 to household duties and have a nanny+housekeeper.

this is the modern approach

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I am a FT working mom and I think you sound awful. I bet your wife is not crazy about your weird financial division. We share all our income, consult on every major purchase, and would never, ever make the lower earner feel less valued in our marriage. That isn't kind, and it certainly isn't "modern."[/quote]

why is it awful that we should each contribute 50/50 to expenses and labor?

why are you entitled to my earnings because you have a vagina?
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In a normal family there is no "my money" and "your money", certainly not to the extent you are describing. Your marriage sucks.[/quote]

+1. You sound like a filthy tool PP.[/quote]

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